C3101 Yu # Lei's ambush

Yu Lei was a very powerful naval weapon. Its structure was simple, but its power was enormous. When scientists studied underwater explosives in the early 19th century, they discovered a multiplier effect.

This kind of experiment always had a large number of dead fish appearing, so people directly called it Yu Lei!

Why was Yu Lei so powerful? That was because the density of water was about 1000 times that of air. Therefore, the energy transmitted by explosions of the same magnitude would be 1,000 times greater underwater than in air. This was the so-called multiplier effect.

However, a lot of the energy from the explosion had been consumed during the compression of the core air, so the actual destructive power of the explosive was much lower.

Underwater explosion, because water is not compressible. So water pressure can increase the directivity of the release energy, some small tonnage of the ship will be directly broken by the water pressure, thus accelerating the sinking of the ship.

The dinner that the Chinese brought to the Spanish fleet today was twenty powerful fish bombs, three of them old but reliable, and the rest the latest version of the steam fish thunder.

A prop fish thunder is a kind of fixed fish thunder, and you can also see it as a moving water thunder driven by warships!

Yu Lei was stuck in the water by a long pole. Fifteen meters could provide a limited safe distance to his boat. Although this distance wasn't that safe, it would at least give him some space to escape.

The pole carrying Yu Lei crashed heavily into the ship's waterline, triggering the fuse to ignite the explosive charge. A whole 50 kilograms of explosive charge exploded underwater, and the destructive force directly tore the vulnerable Ironwood deck apart.

The entire battleship shook, and Captain was smashed into the deck by the impact. He rolled on the ground until his ribs broke, and then he stood up and looked out while enduring the pain.

Only then did he realize that a whirlpool had already appeared beside the ship's head Left side. Tons of seawater were being poured into the hold of the ship!

The soldiers who were screaming had already escaped from the hold of the ship. The boat was already tilting, and countless sailors on the deck were scared out of their wits as they jumped into the sea.

"My God! Just what kind of explosion had happened …? "What's the situation in the hold?"

"Captain, quickly abandon the ship! "There's no saving him. The hold of the ship is completely submerged, and the water under the bow of the ship has been completely blasted to smithereens …"

"There's no way to describe how big the hole is. The dragon bone has already been completely destroyed …"

It's over, Captain used his hands to support his forehead and kept on fainting. It was actually a mine of lightning! Why are the Chinese better equipped than we are? "Why do they have the most advanced water mines but we don't …"

"My God! Why did a Satan like this come to punish your followers... "

"Stop praying, Captain has to leave quickly …" The second assistant rushed over and pushed the Captain away, causing the sea to be filled with floating lifeboats.

In the first wave of attack, the three prop fish boats had achieved a complete victory, but what was even more gratifying was that the three steamboat ships had not been destroyed at all.

A distance of fifteen meters protected the ship's safety, but the powerful underwater shock wave caused huge waves, and the five sailors fell into the sea, not knowing if they were still alive or not.

The surviving captain was so excited that tears fell from his eyes, "Mazu bless you!" We survived! Your Majesty has confiscated us! "

"Hahaha!" "The Head of the Guards is indeed a True Dragon. We are working for the Head of the Guards, and even the Dragon King has to protect us!"

"Zuo Manduo, get out of the way for our allies …"

These ship captains and old sailors were all Death Soldiers bought with ten big yellow fishes. After rigorous training, today, they would not rest until one of them was dead!

At the moment, the torpedo technology wasn't very stable, and the danger was still very high. These people had put their lives on the line for this fight, but they didn't expect that with the protection of the Dragon King and Mazu, their first attack would be a huge success.

Other than the five missing people, the rest were safe and sound!

"Long live!" The bright ships behind them all went crazy. Seeing that even the electric boat was safe and sound, they, the Steam Fish ship, would definitely be even safer!

"Search for prey according to your target... It was to be launched in three batches! Do not let any of them go, destroy all enemy ships! "

The old-fashioned pole fixed torpedo was out, the more advanced air pressure torpedo was in launch mode, and the Chinese quartermaster had bought steam pressure torpedo blueprints from the Englishman Huai Te Hayder in 1867.

Through the improvements made by Prussian and Chinese engineers, as well as the continuous investment of funds, the Chinese produced fish mines that were not only more powerful but also more dynamic than the English version of the Heidelberg.

Sixteen inches long, Yu Lei lay still in the cylindrical launcher. The steamer's steam engine constantly pressured Yu Lei's launcher, and when the launcher turned on the switch, the high pressure gas would shoot the huge Yu Lei into the sea.

The steam pressure not only existed in the launcher, but was also filled with high-pressure gas, which pushed the reciprocating engine and propelled the propeller around.

This high pressure gas is enough to allow the torpedo to travel under water at a speed of 23 knots for 220 yards, or a distance of 200 meters.

However, Wu Haoran was obviously very daring, he decided to shoot Three Lightning Fish at an extremely close distance of a hundred meters, thereby improving the accuracy of his attack.

"Boat Five... "Fire!"

"Ship 4 has identified the target... "Fire!"

"Vapor failure in No. 1 boat... Zuo Manduo will be withdrawing from the battle formation and joining the last group of people to shoot down the enemies … "

Bang Bang Bang... From the sea came the sudden thump of the steamboat, and the high temperature and pressure of the gas propelled the huge torpedo into the sea with a whoosh.

The sailors saw white trails on the surface of the sea, bubbles of high-pressure gas ejected from the tail.

Spaniard was already in despair. No matter how fast they were, they couldn't be faster than these underwater killers. The second wave of four heavy steam torpedoes all hit their target, and a huge explosion resounded above Brunei Bay.

Seven Spanish battleships were dealt a devastating blow in just two attacks by the sneak-attacking Lightning Boat Brigade!

What was even more terrifying was that these heavy fish and thunder were all designed to attack giant steel ships like the Zhiyuan Warship s. The power was unimaginable, and these wood sail battleship from the last century were simply unable to withstand them.

Even the toughest ironwood battleship was as weak as a paper boat under such damage!

The most terrifying battleship, the entire bow was completely destroyed, just like the cross-section under a scalpel. The internal structure of the entire battleship was displayed before the eyes like a model.

This was the result of the amazing battle that had been achieved with the technology difference. It was not something that a human could contend with!

The Spaniard's national destiny had long since disappeared with the wind following the end of the The Age of Great Navigation's curtain. After encountering such tragic losses, these battleships didn't even bother asking for the flag ship's permission before flying off with the white flag.

"Stop fighting …" Surrender! We surrender to you! I beg you, stop fighting … We surrender! "

Countless bodies floated on the surface of the sea, as well as Spanish sailors who had fallen into the water. They waved their arms at the Chinese and wailed, "We surrender! Don't fire, we won't shoot! Surrender …

Wu Hao Chen, Fang Dong and the rest were all stunned, "Stop firing, stop firing!"

"Fuck you!" Why is he so cowardly? How could we surrender before the last wave of ambushers appeared? These foreign devils are too weak, right? "

Amidst the mockery and curses, in the distant northern night, the five battleships supported by the Ryukyu were approaching Brunei Bay at the scheduled time.

They were originally the last batch of ambushing troops, but now it seemed like there was no longer any place for them to use them!